James Bateman Middle School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Middle deemed secondary
Biddulph · ST8 7AT · Staffordshire
Ages 9–13
- KS266%
- Absence9.4%
- FSM35.9%
1.4 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryOfsted: GoodURN 141074
Woodhouse Academy
Academy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7DR
Ages 9–13 · 402 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
61%
Overall absence
5.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)61%
Higher standard (RWM)9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.3%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 418
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill84%
402 pupils · 480 places
- Pupils on roll
- 402
- Boys / girls
- 219 / 183
- School capacity
- 480
- Capacity fill
- 402 / 480 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 13.2%
- FSM pupils
- 53
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 9–13
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WOODHOUSE ACADEMY
- Academy trust
- WOODHOUSE ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Farr
Location
- Address
- Woodhouse Lane, Biddulph
- Postcode
- ST8 7DR
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (middle deemed secondary), Ages 9–13, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 402 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 13.2%.
Nearby middle deemed secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Oxhey First School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7EB · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence3.7%
- FSM4.2%
0.4 miles away
Kingsfield First School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 6AY · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence4.7%
- FSM26.7%
0.8 miles away
Moor First School
Ofsted: Not judgedFoundation school · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7HR · Staffordshire
Ages 2–9
- Absence4.8%
- FSM13.8%
1.0 miles away
Squirrel Hayes First School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7DF · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence7.3%
- FSM51.0%
1.1 miles away
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 6LW · Staffordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM38.9%
1.1 miles away
Other independent special school
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7AB · Staffordshire
Ages 5–16
- Att82.5
- EM5+0%
1.4 miles away
Biddulph High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7AR · Staffordshire
Ages 13–18
- Att840.4
- P8-0.8
- EM5+32%
- Absence8.8%
1.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Farr
- Telephone
- 01782973600